Which one of the following clearly illustrates Piaget's concept of assimilation?
A) Five-year-old Harvey draws on the chalkboard with a large white crayon instead of with chalk.
B) Eight-year-old Rachel develops the necessary eye-hand coordination for writing letters in cursive.
C) Eleven-year-old Mary Lou moves to a different school and purchases new clothes to fit the local fashions.
D) A language arts teacher asks 13-year-old Reynold to think about possible adjectives other than awesome that he might use in his writing to describe interesting and enjoyable activities.

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Assimilation, according to Piaget, involves incorporating new experiences into existing schemas or frameworks. In choice A, Harvey is using a crayon on a chalkboard, which shows he is applying his existing knowledge of how to use chalk on a chalkboard to a similar but new object (the crayon). This is a clear example of assimilation, where he is integrating a new experience (drawing with a crayon) into his existing schema (drawing on a chalkboard).

Which One of the Following Clearly Illustrates Piaget's Concept of Assimilation